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FRx Consultant: In a nutshell, I’m a CPA and I specialize in FRx. I’ve been consulting with FRx since 1995.

I’ve had somewhere north of 25 years of business experience. I started out in public accounting, and also bought my first IBM PC in 1985 for an outrageous sum. Anyway, with an interest in computers it was a natural move to implementing accounting systems starting in 1995. That’s when I first got involved with FRx. I worked with Solomon, a mid-market ERP now owned by Microsoft, so I know a little bit about SQL databases, data conversion, import/export, software setup, training, ad hoc reporting with Crystal, budgeting and forecasting, olap, and the like.

But all along I sort of specialized in FRx financial reporting, so it was a somewhat natural progression when I made the strategic decision several years ago to work only with FRx. I’ve been an FRx ACP, Authorized Consulting Professional, since the inception of that program in 2000. I’ve visited the FRx offices in Denver many times and am fortunate to have several contacts there.

FRx has recently ditched the ACP program, and the new replacement certification is ‘MBS Certified FRx Specialist’. I received this certification in early October 2007.

I know Excel extremely well. Lots of financial statements live there, and I recreate them in FRx. I use Excel in many different ways as a tool to support FRx report creation. See the post Using Excel During FRx Report Creation for more information.

Personal
I live with my husband of many years and 3 cats in Dallas.

Hobbies
Travel, food & wine, music, dance, books, friends, watching football

Favorite Places to Travel
New York, Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, San Diego, Paris, Hawaii, Belgium

Little Known Facts
Attempting to learn French
Collect champagne hoods (those beautiful little decorative round metal pieces on top of the cork but below the wire)